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If anyone is still paying attention, the primary drama surrounding the Rockies' final weekend of 2014 will revolve around whether the team can avoid losing 95 games for the second time in three years. Even though their record is 66-93 heading into their series with the Dodgers, Los Angeles clinched...

I used to resent September. Not because it spelled the end of summer; as a pasty-skinned Scottish-Norwegian mutt, I’ve always welcomed the cooler temperatures. I resented September because just when Major League Baseball’s long season was heating up, in marched football to steal the spotlight.
I...

I've been fairly vocal about my aversion to the game of football. It's not that I don't appreciate the athleticism or enjoy the camaraderie that comes with cheering for the same goal (no pun intended) with thousands of other people; I just find it slow. That being said, I've always been a...

While there's no denying the Broncos' humiliating Super Bowl defeat still smarts (and probably will for a long time to come), it somehow seems like an eternity since that ugly day. Perhaps that's because the seven months between "35" and this weekend have been filled, sports-wise,...

This much we know: Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker has been suspended four games for a banned amphetamine that showed up in his drug test earlier this year.
Was it from the synthetic party drug molly? (Which Welker denies.) Or was it something else?
One thing's already...

The University of Colorado Buffaloes are set to kick off another football season with the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown against the Colorado State Rams this Friday, August 29 (7 p.m.). CU players' helmets will feature an image of a buffalo and gold lettering, a design that replaced its way-...

From guides to each stage of the race to our favorite bicycle shops around Denver, we give you all you need to know during Colorado's favorite road-cycling race. Visit 5280.com/usaprochallenge for daily cycling coverage this week.
After starting in Boulder, riders traverse several miles of CO 93...

This week, Forbes magazine released its annual ranking of the NFL's best fans, and the Broncos faithful did themselves proud by landing in the second slot, ahead of such legendarily rabid fan bases as Pittsburgh, New England, and Chicago. (Despite all the hype we heard last year...